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iPhone 1.1.3 Ready for Official SDK Applications

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Original iPhone hackster extraordinaire Nate True has used some undisclosed means to peek into firmware 1.1.3 and discovered essential file system structural changes that will allow Official SDK based third-party applications to run and install easily. Notably…

SpringBoard appears to display whatever is in the /Applications directory. Earlier firmwares used a .plist XML configuration file. Then, [...]

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Back to jail. Firmware 1.1.3 Coming Soon?

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Our iPhone jailbreaking research has concluded. We have restored our devices back to a semi-factory fresh state of firmware 1.1.2 and no longer revel in AppTapping. The inevitable occurred: compulsively updating and installing third-party apps resulted in unfortunate instability of an unknown sort. With Mail and iPod functions quitting and crashing, the only marginally useful [...]

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Instant One-Touch Jailbreak Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s never been easier to install custom applications
You can now jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch to install third-party applications with extraordinary ease. Visit the URL pictured above with your Mobile Safari and in an instant your device’s file system will be opened and the AppTapp Installer will appear on your Springboard after a restart.
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AppTapp 3.0 beta released for iPhone 1.1.1

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments

As predicted, Nullriver released a new, and highly improved version of its influential AppTapp Installer as version 3.0 beta 3. Although this release overhauls the iPhone installer UI almost completely, as depicted by the photo gallery below, it does not yet feature the Mac or Windows based USB cable installer program that allows it to [...]

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iPhone 1.1.1 AppTapp Manual Install

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

For those who cannot wait for an AppTapp 1.1.1 Update
See our Install AppTapp 3.0 beta in iPhone 1.1.1 without Command Line tutorial←
Certainly, at this moment, we can only assume that Nullriver is busy updating their AppTapp installer to integrate the revised jailbreak and install procedure required with the iPhone 1.1.1 software update. Only in [...]

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